Tim Osborne
@timnmosborne.bsky.social
The natural world.
Wiltshire, Kent and sometimes SW France.
Wiltshire, Kent and sometimes SW France.
Slightly better image of a few of the birds in the flock of White Storks over Seasalter two weeks ago on 8th August.
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August 22, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Slightly better image of a few of the birds in the flock of White Storks over Seasalter two weeks ago on 8th August.
#rarebirdsinkent
#rarebirdsinkent
#Daisyfamily for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social From Seasalter Kent. Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola, Bristly Oxtongue Picris Echinoidea, and Salsify Tragopogon porrifolius. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
August 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
#Daisyfamily for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social From Seasalter Kent. Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola, Bristly Oxtongue Picris Echinoidea, and Salsify Tragopogon porrifolius. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Huge flock of White Storks over Sportsman Inn, Seasalter, Kent, this evening at 6.45pm. @kentwildlife.bsky.social
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August 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Huge flock of White Storks over Sportsman Inn, Seasalter, Kent, this evening at 6.45pm. @kentwildlife.bsky.social
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#bythesea Carrot, Bugloss just, Sea Mayweed and Yellow-horned Poppy from Seasalter Kent for @wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
August 2, 2026 at 6:17 PM
#bythesea Carrot, Bugloss just, Sea Mayweed and Yellow-horned Poppy from Seasalter Kent for @wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Just managed to catch the Violet Helleborines (Epipactis purpurata) in Savernake before they go over completely. Mysterious and absolutely beautiful still. @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
July 31, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Just managed to catch the Violet Helleborines (Epipactis purpurata) in Savernake before they go over completely. Mysterious and absolutely beautiful still. @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Looking through photos of several Epipactis seen 2/7/26 at Sandscale Haws Cumbria, when looking for E. dunensis and consulting Cole & Waller p.138, I am now happy these are E. phyllanthes, Green-flowered Helleborine. @ukorchids.bsky.social
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July 28, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Looking through photos of several Epipactis seen 2/7/26 at Sandscale Haws Cumbria, when looking for E. dunensis and consulting Cole & Waller p.138, I am now happy these are E. phyllanthes, Green-flowered Helleborine. @ukorchids.bsky.social
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A record shot of one minute's rain, so we can remember what it looked like. And a bouquet of Purple Loosestrife and Common Fleabane for #wildflowerhour @kentfieldclub.bsky.social
July 26, 2026 at 4:22 PM
A record shot of one minute's rain, so we can remember what it looked like. And a bouquet of Purple Loosestrife and Common Fleabane for #wildflowerhour @kentfieldclub.bsky.social
The sky-blue flowers of Chicory (Cichorium intybus) are a most welcome sight in our sere roadside verges. As with many familiar plants it is usually worth a closer look every now and again. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
July 26, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The sky-blue flowers of Chicory (Cichorium intybus) are a most welcome sight in our sere roadside verges. As with many familiar plants it is usually worth a closer look every now and again. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
We never used to see Jersey Tigers here in our bit of North Wilts but the last year or two there have been quite a few. Here’s one obligingly showing off its striped camouflage on flowering Traveller’s Joy (Clematis vitalba). Pleased with the body shot.
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July 25, 2026 at 7:15 PM
We never used to see Jersey Tigers here in our bit of North Wilts but the last year or two there have been quite a few. Here’s one obligingly showing off its striped camouflage on flowering Traveller’s Joy (Clematis vitalba). Pleased with the body shot.
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Also from Roundway Hill nr Devizes two days ago a remarkably pale Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis). Admittedly not as pretty as bluish-lilac but very eye catching nonetheless.
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July 24, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Also from Roundway Hill nr Devizes two days ago a remarkably pale Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis). Admittedly not as pretty as bluish-lilac but very eye catching nonetheless.
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Plenty of wonderful Round-headed Rampion (Phyteuma orbiculare) in the scorched grass on Roundway Hill near Devizes yesterday. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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July 23, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Plenty of wonderful Round-headed Rampion (Phyteuma orbiculare) in the scorched grass on Roundway Hill near Devizes yesterday. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Pale Butterwort (Pinguicula lusitanica) in a Dartmoor bog @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
July 21, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Pale Butterwort (Pinguicula lusitanica) in a Dartmoor bog @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Three collages of just some of the plants #StillFlowering in N. Wilts. for this week's #wildflowerhour challenge. IDs provided in ALT Text. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
July 19, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Three collages of just some of the plants #StillFlowering in N. Wilts. for this week's #wildflowerhour challenge. IDs provided in ALT Text. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Three collages of Bellflowers #StillFlowering in N. Wilts. for this week's #wildflowerhour challenge. IDs provided in ALT Text. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
July 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Three collages of Bellflowers #StillFlowering in N. Wilts. for this week's #wildflowerhour challenge. IDs provided in ALT Text. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Clustered Bellflower (Campanula glomerata) our now for a week at least here in North Wilts. Always a joy to see as summer progresses. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
July 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Clustered Bellflower (Campanula glomerata) our now for a week at least here in North Wilts. Always a joy to see as summer progresses. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Excellent numbers of Gatekeepers or Hedge Browns (Pyronia tithonus), this male sunning on bramble but most were nectaring on Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) laneside in North Wilts this morning. They flew up in quite a respectable cloud as I approached. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
July 13, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Excellent numbers of Gatekeepers or Hedge Browns (Pyronia tithonus), this male sunning on bramble but most were nectaring on Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) laneside in North Wilts this morning. They flew up in quite a respectable cloud as I approached. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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As the climate changes, so flowering times are changing.
To help you keep track of these changes in phenology, any time you look up 1 of c3.5K plants on the Plant Atlas website, there's a useful phenology tab you can click on.
Try it for Narrow-lipped Helleborine: plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...
To help you keep track of these changes in phenology, any time you look up 1 of c3.5K plants on the Plant Atlas website, there's a useful phenology tab you can click on.
Try it for Narrow-lipped Helleborine: plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...
July 13, 2026 at 11:56 AM
As the climate changes, so flowering times are changing.
To help you keep track of these changes in phenology, any time you look up 1 of c3.5K plants on the Plant Atlas website, there's a useful phenology tab you can click on.
Try it for Narrow-lipped Helleborine: plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...
To help you keep track of these changes in phenology, any time you look up 1 of c3.5K plants on the Plant Atlas website, there's a useful phenology tab you can click on.
Try it for Narrow-lipped Helleborine: plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...
Two gorgeous plants from Lakeland bogs and mires, Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) and Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum). 30th June, Wrynose Pass. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
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July 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Two gorgeous plants from Lakeland bogs and mires, Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) and Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum). 30th June, Wrynose Pass. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
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A rather late Early Marsh Orchid, (Dactylorhiza incarnata) 3rd July Sandscale Haws, Cumbria. Just this one. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
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July 12, 2026 at 1:23 PM
A rather late Early Marsh Orchid, (Dactylorhiza incarnata) 3rd July Sandscale Haws, Cumbria. Just this one. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
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Astonishing hybrid vigour with these classic Northern Marsh X Common Spotted Orchids (Dactylorhiza x venuster) at Sandscale Haws Cumbria, hundreds like this but mostly now over. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
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July 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Astonishing hybrid vigour with these classic Northern Marsh X Common Spotted Orchids (Dactylorhiza x venuster) at Sandscale Haws Cumbria, hundreds like this but mostly now over. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
@ukorchids.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@ukorchids.bsky.social
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One of the many joys of Sandscale Cumbria, is the profusion of the delightfully pretty Wild Pansy (Viola tricolour Ssp curtisii) and their endlessly varied colours. For #wildflowerhour
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July 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
One of the many joys of Sandscale Cumbria, is the profusion of the delightfully pretty Wild Pansy (Viola tricolour Ssp curtisii) and their endlessly varied colours. For #wildflowerhour
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
Sandscale Haws was amazing but the best find there on the rarity scale was Dune Helleborine (Epipactis dunensis) of which six plants found.
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July 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Sandscale Haws was amazing but the best find there on the rarity scale was Dune Helleborine (Epipactis dunensis) of which six plants found.
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
@ukorchids.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
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@ukorchids.bsky.social
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Also from Sandscale Haws the lovely Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) just beginning to flower. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
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July 4, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Also from Sandscale Haws the lovely Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) just beginning to flower. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
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@bsbibotany.bsky.social
A visit today to the superb Sandscale Haws nature reserve, Cumbria, produced some lovely finds including several Round-leaved Wintergreen plants (Pyrola rotundifolia) just coming into flower. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
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July 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
A visit today to the superb Sandscale Haws nature reserve, Cumbria, produced some lovely finds including several Round-leaved Wintergreen plants (Pyrola rotundifolia) just coming into flower. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
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A few plants seen along the River Parrett in Langport today - Blue-water Speedwell (Veronica anagallis-aquatica), Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus) & Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia) 🪷🌿🌾
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July 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM
A few plants seen along the River Parrett in Langport today - Blue-water Speedwell (Veronica anagallis-aquatica), Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus) & Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia) 🪷🌿🌾
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@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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